Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.

To beprepared is half the victory.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.