There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

You canobserve a lot by just watching.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.