It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

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

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

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.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.