To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

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.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.