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

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.