Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho