Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

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.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

No matter how good the idea of the other fellow may be, there is always a better one !

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

The present is never a happy state to any being

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

Thebasic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

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