Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

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

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.