A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Weagree completely on everything, including the fact we don't see eye to eye.

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

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.