You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

Theultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.