Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

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

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.