Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

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

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

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

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.