Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

You can't unscramble an egg.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

A person who talks about his Inferiors han't any.

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.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.