We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

He understands badly who listens badly.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

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.

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