A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

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.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.