Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

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

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

The present is never a happy state to any being

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.