The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

When you are feeling stressed and about to breakdown, just remember: STRESSED is just DESSERTS spelled backwards.. it's a piece of cake!

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.