Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

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

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

Compromise,n. 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.