No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Peacecan not be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Ourlonging for understandingis Eternal.

The property of power is to protect.

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

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

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

You can't unscramble an egg.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.