Never answer a letter while you are angry.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

The present is never a happy state to any being

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.