Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

You canobserve a lot by just watching.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

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

Money is what things run into and people run out of

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.