I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

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.