Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

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.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains