I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

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.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave