Buying ischeaper than asking.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

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

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind