Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

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.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

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

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.