Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

Habit: the shackles of the free