Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Outside noisy, inside empty.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

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.

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

People say law but they mean wealth.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.