You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

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.

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

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.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Ifanyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable