It is a strange desire

It is a strange desire
It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.
  

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To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.
There is no knowledge that is not power.
The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.
Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.
Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.
It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.
The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.
Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.
The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.
You make a mountain of a mole-hill.
To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.
What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.