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

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Weagree completely on everything, including the fact we don't see eye to eye.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

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

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.