The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.