Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

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.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.