Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

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.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.