Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

Only the educated are free.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

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

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

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.