It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.