Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

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 average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.