We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Ifanyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Symanpathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Most people suspended their judgement till somebody else has expressed his own and then they respect it.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

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