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.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

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

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

It'snot hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

To everyanswer you can find a new question.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.