Past time is only eviil at a distance.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

Patience is the art of hoping.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

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.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.