Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

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

A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people angry enough to do something about it

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

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

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.