Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

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

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

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…

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.