A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.

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.

The property of power is to protect.

A woman has reached reaal women's-lib status when she is the one who forgers the wedding Aniversary

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.