Power doesn't corrupt

Power doesn't corrupt
Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.
  

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The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion
If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
You make a mountain of a mole-hill.
It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.
Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.
Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.
Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.
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.
Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.
Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.
Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.
Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character