Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

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

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.