You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

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

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.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.