Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

The property of power is to protect.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

They mayforget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

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.