Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

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.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.