It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.