A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Toeffectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the waywe perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to ourcommunication with others.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

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.