The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

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.

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fateand captain of your soul.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.