You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your handand showing it to them!

A language is like living skin itself.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

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

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

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

Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

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

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.