Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

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

Nothing has happend to you unless you make much of it.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.