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.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

True miracle are created by men when they use the courage and intelligence God has given him

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Non-cooperationis a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for theopposite views.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.