Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

He understands badly who listens badly.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

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.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

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.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.