Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

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.

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

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Step after step the ladder is ascended