Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Jealousy arises from lack of Confidence, not in others, but in onself.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Constantrepetition carries conviction.

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…

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

Everytime we read, a seed is sown for the future.