To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
The only way to deal with the bureaucrats is with stealth and sudden violence.
Formality is a straitjacket to those who lack character and self-confidence.
I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Formality is a contentious subject in many circles; it implies structure, hierarchy, and a certain kind of rigidity.
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
Formality is the enemy of intimacy.
Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

Formality is the refuge of the insecure.
Formal education teaches how to stand, but to see the rainbow you must come out and walk many steps on your own.
The formal education system is built to train the mind. It's about creating citizens who can think critically, solve problems and be innovative.
Formality is the refuge of the inept.