Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Renown and repose do not go together.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

Power comes from sincere service

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.