Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

Remember when feminisit movements were something men gathered on street corners to admire as the girls strolled by

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

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

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 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.