It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

Necessity truns lion into fox.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.