Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

Unselfishness is more paying,only people have not the patience to practice it.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

The greatest prayer is patience.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.