Dec 19 2006
Power Quotes
Something I have been thinking about lately, thought already by greater men than I:
A man cannot govern a nation if he cannot govern a city; he cannot govern a city if he cannot govern his family; he cannot govern his family unless he can govern himself, and he cannot govern himself if his passions are not governed by reason.
- Hugo Grotius (1587-1645)
Another:
He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.
- Philip Massinger (1583-1640)
Perhaps this is the origin of the above?
He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
- Lao-tzu (ca. 500 BC)
