The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Imaginationis the eye of your soul.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Ho puri dil ki har khwaish teri, Ho khushiyon bhara jahaan tera, Agar tu maange aasmaan ka ek taara, To khuda de-de tumko aasmaan saara.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

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.