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

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

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 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.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Throughconflict we get to unity.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Laughter is shortest distance between two people.