Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

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...

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.