The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

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.

You grow up the day you have first real laugh - at yourself

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

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.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.