It's good to shut up sometimes.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

The numberone goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintain theirself-esteem.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.