A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

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

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

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

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

Melancholy is the joy of being said.