Patience is the art of hoping.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

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...

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

Throughconflict we get to unity.