Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

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.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Pleasant words are the food of love.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.