Never answer a letter while you are angry.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Outside noisy, inside empty.

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.