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

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Non-cooperationis a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for theopposite views.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.