When the times were against Fouche, he did not struggle, get emotional, or strike out rashly.

He kept his cool and maintained a low profile, patiently building support among the citizenry, the bulwark in his next rise to power.

Whenever he found himself in the weaker position, he played for time, which he knew would always be his ally if he was patient.

Recognize the moment, then, to hide in the grass or slither under a rock, as well as the moment to bare your fangs and attack.

Space we can recover, time never.

- Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821

Time is an artificial concept that we ourselves have created to make the limitlessness of eternity and the universe more bearable, more human.

Since we have constructed the concept of time, we are also able to mold it to some degree, to play tricks with it.

The time of a child is long and slow, with vast expanses; the time of an adult whizzes by frighteningly fast.

Time, then, depends on perception, which, we know, can be willfully altered.

If the inner turmoil caused by our emotions tends to make time move faster,

it follows that once we control our emotional responses to events, time will move much more slowly.

Never be too precipitate, where there is a possibility of danger.

Take due time to consider, before you risk an action that may be fatal.

Let someone else make the experiment before you.

When you force the pace out of fear and impatience,

you create a nest of problems that require fixing,

and you end up taking much longer than if you had taken your time.

Sometimes not acting in the face of danger is your best move — you wait, you deliberately slow down.

As time passes it will eventually present opportunities you had not imagined.

Waiting involves controlling not only your own emotions but those of your colleagues, who, mistaking action for power, may try to push you into making rash moves.

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In your rivals, on the other hand, you can encourage this same mistake:

If you let them rush headlong into trouble while you stand back and wait, you will soon find ripe moments to intervene and pick up the pieces.

When your mind is uncluttered by constant emergencies you will see further into the future.

Opportunities will inevitably arise that you had not expected and would have missed had you forced the pace.

To build your power’s foundation can take years;

make sure that foundation is secure. Do not be a flash in the pan — success that is built up slowly and surely is the only kind that lasts.

Slowing time down will give you a perspective on the times you live in,

letting you take a certain distance and putting you in a less emotionally charged position to see the shapes of things to come.

Hurriers will often mistake surface phenomena for a real trend, seeing only what they want to see.

How much better to see what is really happening, even if it is unpleasant or makes your task harder.

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The trick in forcing time is to upset the timing of others — to make them hurry, to make them wait, to make them abandon their own pace, to distort their perception of time.