It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

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

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

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

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.