Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

Genius is a long impatience.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

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

There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

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.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.