Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.