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

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

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