The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

When u were born, u were crying and everyone round u was smiling.. Live ur life so that when u die, u're the one who is smiling and everyone round u is crying..

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.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

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.

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

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.