Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.