You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

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

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

A language is like living skin itself.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.