I hold it to be

I hold it to be
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
  

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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.
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 possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.
The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.
When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.
Malicedrinketh its own poison.
The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.
Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.
If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.
Action may not always bring Happiness, but there is no happiness without Action.
If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.
Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.