The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Thework will teach you how to do it.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

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.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

Patience is the art of hoping.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Oursubconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes, and cannot tell thedifference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What wecontinually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.