Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

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.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

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

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?