There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

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

There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

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 lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.