Our distrust is very expensive.

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.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

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.