Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

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.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.