Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

I willprepare and some day my chance will come.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

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

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

Much learning does not teach understanding.