The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

You must remember that all work is simply to bring out the power of the mind which is already there to wake up the soul.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.