If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

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.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'