If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

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.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

A danger forseen is half avoided.

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

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

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

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.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Patience is the art of hoping.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.