The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

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.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal