Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

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

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

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.