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.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

If you salute your duty,you need not salute anybody. But if u pollute ur duty, u hav 2 salute every body...." -ABDUL KALAM..

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

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.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.