Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

Talkback to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

If an enemyis annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

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

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.