Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

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

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

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