Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.