We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.