The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

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.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.