Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Discord gives a relish to concord.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

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.

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

Thesubconscious part in us is called the subjective mind, because it does notdecide and command. It is subject rather than a ruler. Its nature is to dowhat it is told, or what really in your heart of hearts you desire.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.