A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.