You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Unselfishness is more paying,only people have not the patience to practice it.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Nothing has happend to you unless you make much of it.

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