Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

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

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

Prayrer changes things by changing people.