I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They