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

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony