Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

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.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.