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

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Habit: the shackles of the free

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.