Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

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.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.