Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

Stability is not immobility

Habit: the shackles of the free

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

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.