Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Nothing is a permanent except change.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.

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

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.