In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Jealousy arises from lack of Confidence, not in others, but in onself.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

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.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.