Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

They know enough who know how to learn.