A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

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 great harmony.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

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.