You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

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

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.