Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.