They mayforget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

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

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

To beprepared is half the victory.

If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

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.