When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

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.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Onemust talk little and listen much.