The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

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.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore