Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...