If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

True miracle are created by men when they use the courage and intelligence God has given him

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Patience is the art of hoping.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

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