The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

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

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

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