Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

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

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

The first duty of love is to listen.