It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

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.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.