To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

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.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.