The property of power is to protect.

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

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.