A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

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.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.