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

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.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Our distrust is very expensive.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.