To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

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

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

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.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and