Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

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

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.