Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

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.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

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

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.