We arethe prisoners of ideas.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

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.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.