Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

Every man has the right to feel that "Because of me was the world created".

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

You can't unscramble an egg.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.