Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

Thenumber one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintaintheir self-esteem.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

Liberation is not deliverance.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

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