A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Thesubconscious part in us is called the subjective mind, because it does notdecide and command. It is subject rather than a ruler. Its nature is to dowhat it is told, or what really in your heart of hearts you desire.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

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.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.