Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Themost prepared are the most dedicated.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.