Activity in communities

Cooperation                                                        [1262 - 642 ]

Duty is what we demand of others.

Teamwork means a group of people doing what someone told them to do.

Incompetence is concentrated in a group. In a completely united group, the stupidity has petrified.

If you demand the most from yourself in cooperation, but expect nothing from others, you will avoid resentment.

There is nothing more effective in getting something done than combining stupidity with willpower.

An expert in the group can prevent others from using common sense.

You know what happens to those who stand in the middle of the road - they are run over.

The better you are at putting things off, the less you need to be involved in everything else.

Prejudices are like labels on bottles, simplifying our perception of people.

I am convinced that we humans can only agree on those things we are not really interested in.

Too much agreement kills a conversation.

The worst thing about war is that they make us similar as the people we fight against.

Not everything important is measurable, and not everything that is measured is important.

Influence

Whenever we can impress people, we get haters. To stay popular, we have to be mediocre.

A boss is a person who sees everything from two directions; from his own direction and from the wrong direction.

In order to lead people, you have to turn your back on people.

What is important in communication is hearing what is not being said and being able to read between the lines.

Silence is better than meaningless words. Don't say a little in many words, but a lot in a few words.

Think twice before you speak. Then you will discover that the others are talking about something completely different.

Nothing can be explained so clearly that everyone would understand.

We give nothing as cheap as advices.

Bad news always spreads faster than good news.

The faster and more detailed you reveal the bad news, the less damage it will do.

The only thing you can do with good advice is pass it on. You yourself never have any use for them.

The wise propose, the fools decide.

There is no creative activity without disobedience.

The fools open ways, which the wise then use later.

There are people who are inspired by so much courage and demand for independence, that they would rather be in the minority and be wrong, than be right with the majority.

You have to dare to stand out from the crowd. Every person who loves the truth must learn to be alone among others, to think alone for others and, if necessary, against others.

Compliments are investments in the expectation of a quick profit.

Most human errors are due to impatience.

People who have much to hope for and nothing to lose are always dangerous.

A crisis is a situation, where I cannot say: "We forget the whole thing".

The saints live in the flames, the wise beside them.

The best grades are given at the funeral.

There are three kinds of journalists; the reporter who writes about what he sees, the interpretive journalist who writes about what he sees and analyzes it, and the expert who writes about and analyzes what he has not seen.

Journalism that does not offend is redundant.

Moralists refrain from pleasures other than interfering with other people's pleasures

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