Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Non-cooperationis a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for theopposite views.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

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

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Discord gives a relish to concord.

Only the educated are free.