Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

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

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.