Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people angry enough to do something about it

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

Skill inthe art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplishnothing unless he can communicate effectively.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

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.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

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.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.