Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

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.

The property of power is to protect.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

A half truth is a whole lie.

Oursubconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes, and cannot tell thedifference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What wecontinually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.