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Fish or cut bait.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

This, too, shall pass.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on the power we exercise over ourselves.

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

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man''s self.

Loose lips sink ships.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Bad news travels fast.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Fish or cut bait.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

This, too, shall pass.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on the power we exercise over ourselves.

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

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man''s self.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Myinterest is in the future because I''m going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

It''s whenyou''re safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you''rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

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

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

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

Oursubconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes, and cannot tell thedifference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What wecontinually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

When youhave to make a choice and you don''t make it, that itself is a choice.

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.