Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

A Leader is a dealer in hope.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

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

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

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.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.