Strong Minds Discuss Ideas Average Minds Discuss

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions."

Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.

Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore.

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.

Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment — that which they cannot anticipate.