Power is the faculty

Power is the faculty
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.
  

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Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.
Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.
Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.
Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.
Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.
Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.
It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.
To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.
If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.
One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.
There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.