There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

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.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.