If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

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