You canobserve a lot by just watching.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

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.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Skill inthe art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplishnothing unless he can communicate effectively.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.