A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

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

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.