A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

Our distrust is very expensive.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Miracles enables us to judge of doctrine and doctrine enable us to judge of miracles.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

Fortunatelypsychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfstill remains a very effective therapist.