A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

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

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

Malice drinketh its own poison.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.