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

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.