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.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.