Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

If you follow me, I may lead you straight to hell, but ifyou trust me, I will lead you back out again.