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

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

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.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.