Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

When a man meets his mates society begins.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.