If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

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

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

Nothing do I regret more in my student life that thay my teachers were not my friends

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.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

Luck never mad a mad man wise