Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

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.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

There is no knowledge that is not power.