Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

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

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind