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.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

All thingsat first appear difficult.