It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di