Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

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

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

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.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.