Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

There is no knowledge that is not power.

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

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

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.