One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

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

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

Assumptionof cooperative goals leads to viewing the conflict as a common problem to besolved for mutual benefit.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.