Stability is not immobility

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

Speakwhen you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Thenumber one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintaintheir self-esteem.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

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.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.