A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.