Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

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

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.