Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

The comforter's head never aches.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

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.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.