Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

The first duty of love is to listen.

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Nothing do I regret more in my student life that thay my teachers were not my friends

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.

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

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They