The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

Allthings at first appear difficult.