Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

They mayforget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.