We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

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

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

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

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

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.