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

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Could agreater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’seyes for an instant?

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

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

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.