Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

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

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.