Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

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.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.