The lust for power

The lust for power
The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.
  

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It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.
War does not determine who is right - only who is left
Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.
A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.
There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.
Suspicion begets suspicion.
Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.
My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.
A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.
Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.
The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.