Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

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

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

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

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.