Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Ho puri dil ki har khwaish teri, Ho khushiyon bhara jahaan tera, Agar tu maange aasmaan ka ek taara, To khuda de-de tumko aasmaan saara.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

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.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.