Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

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

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

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.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.