Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

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

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

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.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

Step after step the ladder is ascended