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

It's good to shut up sometimes.

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Alexander's last wrds: Bury my body, dont build any monument. Kip my hand outside,so dat d wrld knws,who won th wrld had noting in hand wen dyin.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.