Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Our errors are steps on the way.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

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