He understands badly who listens badly.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

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.

Oppositesattract and then can't stand each other.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.