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.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

No strength within, no respect without.

Pleasant words are the food of love.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Conflictcan destroy a team which hasn't spent time learning to deal with it.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

Unselfishness is more paying,only people have not the patience to practice it.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.