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

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Old fools are more foolish than you ones.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.