Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

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.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.