Oursubconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes, and cannot tell thedifference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What wecontinually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

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.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

People say law but they mean wealth.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.