It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

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.