Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

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

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

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

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.