One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see thegood.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.