There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

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

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

They mayforget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

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.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.