The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.