Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

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.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.