No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

you salute your duty,you need not salute anybody. But if u pollute ur duty, u hav 2 salute every body.... -ABDUL KALAM

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

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

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.