Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Skill inthe art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplishnothing unless he can communicate effectively.

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fateand captain of your soul.

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 is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.