If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

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

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Toevery answer you can find a new question.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Personal appearance is looking the best you can for the money.