To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

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

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

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

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

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.