Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.