Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Timinghas a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

What is well done is done soon enough.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Onemust talk little and listen much.