A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

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

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.