Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Timinghas a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

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...

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.