Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Conflictcan destroy a team which hasn't spent time learning to deal with it.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

When the eyes says one thing, and the tounge another, a practised man relise on the language of first.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou