To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

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.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.