Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

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

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.