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

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Jealousy arises from lack of Confidence, not in others, but in onself.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.