The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

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

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...