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.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.