Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

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.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.