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

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?