Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

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

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.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.