When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

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

Discord gives a relish to concord.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

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