The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

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

Renown and repose do not go together.

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

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Prayrer changes things by changing people.