Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

Neversay more than is necessary.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

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.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

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

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.