It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling currents of thought. It is the opening of our mental pores, and the stimulus of marshaling our ideas in words, of setting them forth as gallantly and as graciously as we can.
Bio: Maurizio Prato is a former chief executive of the Italian airline Alitalia. He resigned after the merger deal with Air France - KLM collapsed in April 2008.
