How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

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

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

To teach isto learn twice.

We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.