Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

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

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.