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.

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

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

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

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

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.