Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

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

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

If you follow me, I may lead you straight to hell, but ifyou trust me, I will lead you back out again.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.