Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

He understands badly who listens badly.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.