If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

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

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

Ho puri dil ki har khwaish teri, Ho khushiyon bhara jahaan tera, Agar tu maange aasmaan ka ek taara, To khuda de-de tumko aasmaan saara.

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

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