To be preparedis half the victory.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.

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.

Golf is an expensive way of playing marbles.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

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

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore