Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.