No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

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.

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

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