Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

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

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.