Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.