Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

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

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

The weaknesses of many make leader possible.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.