If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

To teach isto learn twice.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

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

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.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.