The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

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

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.