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

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does'nt begin.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

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

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.