The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.