Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.