Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

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

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

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.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people