A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Think big, believe big and act big for gaining victory over your difficulties.