We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

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...

The property of power is to protect.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.