Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

To err is human; to forgive is divine pathway

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.