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

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

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.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

Stability is not immobility

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.