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

A Leader is a dealer in hope.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

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.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.