Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

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

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

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.

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

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

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.