When a man meets his mates society begins.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

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.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

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...

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character