True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

Words should be scattered like seeds, no matter how small the seed may be, its it has one found favourable ground, it unfolds its strength.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

You must remember that all work is simply to bring out the power of the mind which is already there to wake up the soul.

Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.

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?'

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho