Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

Non-cooperationis a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for theopposite views.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.