Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

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.

Instinct is the nose of the mind.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.