Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

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

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.