Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

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.

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.