Power doesn't corrupt

Power doesn't corrupt
Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.
  

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It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.
The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.
The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.
A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.
Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.
A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.
Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.
Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.
You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.
Conflictlies at the core of innovation.