It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Toevery answer you can find a new question.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out