Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.

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

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your handand showing it to them!