Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

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.

It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.