Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

He whohurries cannot walk with dignity.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...