Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

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

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.