Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.