All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou