Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

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

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

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

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.