Aproblem is a chance for you to do your best.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

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

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.