The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

The Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

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.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

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

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.