Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.