Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

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.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

Discord gives a relish to concord.

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

Prayer changes things by changing people.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.