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

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

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 not help men permanantly by doing for them what they could do for themselves

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.