The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

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.

The numberone goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintain theirself-esteem.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination