Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

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

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

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