The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

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.

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.