Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

It'snot hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

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

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it