Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

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.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

To everyanswer you can find a new question.

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.