Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

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

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

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.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.