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The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can''t have it.The minute you don''t want power, you''ll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

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

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

Loose lips sink ships.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Bad news travels fast.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Fish or cut bait.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

This, too, shall pass.

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

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

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

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

Loose lips sink ships.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Bad news travels fast.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Fish or cut bait.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

This, too, shall pass.

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

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

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

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

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Myinterest is in the future because I''m going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

It''s whenyou''re safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you''rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night''s sleep, andyou can''t settle anything until morning anyway.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen