Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Constantrepetition carries conviction.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

Voilence is a Just when kindness is vain

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.