Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

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

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

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

Sweet is pleasure after pain

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

Only the educated are free.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.