You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

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