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

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

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.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Our power is in our ability to decide.

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.