Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

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

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your handand showing it to them!

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

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.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.