The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

Wenever have the time to do it right but always have time to do it over.

Everything has it's beauty, but not every one sees it.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...