The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

Inbusiness, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou