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

You can't unscramble an egg.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

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

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.