We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

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.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.