Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

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.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

A teleision set is like a toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every time.