You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

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.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.