Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

Peopleshould talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speechaltogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to sayvisually.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.