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

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.