Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

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.

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.

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Our longingfor understandingis Eternal.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

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