Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

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.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

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.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

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.

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving

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