The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Oursubconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes, and cannot tell thedifference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What wecontinually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

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.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.