The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings