Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

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.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

A room without books is a body without soul

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