The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

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

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

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.

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.