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

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Most people suspended their judgement till somebody else has expressed his own and then they respect it.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

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.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.