At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

The basic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

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.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.

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 highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea