Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

Thework will teach you how to do it.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

You can't unscramble an egg.