Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

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

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

There is no knowledge that is not power.