One often reads about the art of conversation-how it's dying or what's needed to make it flourish, or how rare good ones are. But wouldn't you agree that the infinitely more valuable rara avis [rare bird] is a good listener.

Knowing when to keep your mouth shut is invariably more important than opening it at the right time.

What's an expert? I read somewhere, that the more a man knows, the more he knows, he doesn't know. So I suppose one definition of an expert would be someone who doesn't admit out loud that he knows enough about a subject to know he doesn't really know how much.

Pay your people the least possible and you'll get from them the same.

Elected leaders who forget how they got there won't the next time.

The difference between towering and cowering is totally a matter of inner posture.

To live your life in the fear of losing it is to lose the point of life.