The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

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

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

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.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.