You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.