A bad workman never gets a good tool.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

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

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

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.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.