Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

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.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

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.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

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

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?