The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.