It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

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

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

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

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.