You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Outside noisy, inside empty.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

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.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges