A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

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…

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.