Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

Life only demands from you the strength you posses

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.