Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

Tolerance that accepts merits as the most natural thing in World is the highest applause.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

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

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.