Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

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

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

Evena sheet of paper has two sides.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.