It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

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.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.