Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

You can't unscramble an egg.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.