Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Nothing do I regret more in my student life that thay my teachers were not my friends

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.