You can't unscramble an egg.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

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

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.