It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

Power comes from sincere service

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

An expert is a man, who dosent has all the answers, but he is sure that if that he is given enough money he can find them.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to