Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

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

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.