All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

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

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

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.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.