To exaggrerate is to weaken.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.