Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

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

A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people angry enough to do something about it

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.