Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.

you salute your duty,you need not salute anybody. But if u pollute ur duty, u hav 2 salute every body.... -ABDUL KALAM

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

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.