It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

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.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.