Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Neversay more than is necessary.

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea