Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

The present is never a happy state to any being

If wecannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Skill inthe art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplishnothing unless he can communicate effectively.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out