Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.