Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Skillin the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He canaccomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

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

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.