Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

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.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.