What you do speaks so loadly that I cannot hear what you say. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tyrants wield force, but it is a form of aggression, not authority.

Tyrants do not feel power, they feel frustration and impotency.

Individuals who do not feel personal power feel fear.

Regret is an appalling waste of energy you can’t build on it, it’s only good for wallowing in. —Katherine Mansfield

I look on that man as happy, who, when there is a question of success, looks into his work for a reply. —R W Emerson