Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.