Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

Constantrepetition carries conviction.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

People say law but they mean wealth.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.