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.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

A faithful friend is medicine of Life.

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

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

A language is like living skin itself.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.