The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.