Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

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

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

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

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

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.

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

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.