Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

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

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.