Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Wenever have the time to do it right but always have time to do it over.

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

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

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.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

Tolerance that accepts merits as the most natural thing in World is the highest applause.