Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it