I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

When work is pleasure, life is joy.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

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

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.