Successis blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it ... Success is shy itwon't come out while you're watching.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

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.

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

They mayforget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.