The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.

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...

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They