Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

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

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

When u were born, u were crying and everyone round u was smiling.. Live ur life so that when u die, u're the one who is smiling and everyone round u is crying..

Example is better than following it.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him