Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

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.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

You must remember that all work is simply to bring out the power of the mind which is already there to wake up the soul.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.