All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

Onemust talk little and listen much.

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

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...