Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

A caricature is always ture only for an instant.

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

If an enemyis annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

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

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…