Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Peacecan not be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Ourlonging for understandingis Eternal.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

The comforter's head never aches.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

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