The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.