This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

You grow up the day you have first real laugh - at yourself

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

Many a gem of wisdom have gone unsaid, because someone lacked ability to express it.

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.

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

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.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.