Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

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...

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.