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

Without dialogue there is no communication, without communication there is no true education.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

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

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.