You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

To be preparedis half the victory.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

The comforter's head never aches.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him