Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

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

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.