When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

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

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

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

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.