Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

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

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

To beprepared is half the victory.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

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.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.