Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

The numberone goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintain theirself-esteem.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

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

A danger forseen is half avoided.