No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

The numberone goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintain theirself-esteem.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.