Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.