Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Our longingfor understandingis Eternal.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

Donot wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

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.