There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Power tires only those who do not have it.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Example is better than following it.

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.