Power & Society Sayings

For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

Governing a large country is like cooking a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.

Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and daemons.

Walking is man's best medicine.

I know, O Wise One, that I am powerless; I have few cattle and few men.

Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of war.

To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.

I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

I transmit but do not innovate; I am truthful in what I say and devoted to antiquity.

Do not injure, abuse, oppress, enslave, insult, torment, torture, or kill any creature or living being.

The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.

If equals be added to equals, the wholes are equal.

I am a queen, and I will have my way.

I have seen the cross in the sky, and in it I have conquered.

There are no more worlds to conquer!

May I be privileged to build firm and lasting foundations for the Government of Rome.

I have had this Dhamma edict written so that my sons and great-grandsons should not think of making new conquests.

The greatest fruit of self-sufficiency is freedom.

The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.