Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

The Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant