Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.