Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

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.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

The weaknesses of many make leader possible.

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise