Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Example is better than following it.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.