Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

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