Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

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.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.