Allthings at first appear difficult.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

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.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.