The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

As long as there is life there is danger.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

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