There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

The comforter's head never aches.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.