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

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

To err is human; to forgive is divine pathway

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.