Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

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

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.