Faith is continuation of reason.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

The present is never a happy state to any being

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.