Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

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

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.