I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

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

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.