Toeffectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the waywe perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to ourcommunication with others.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

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 great harmony.

God made time, but man made haste.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

The weaknesses of many make leader possible.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

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 possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.