You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

To err is human; to forgive is divine pathway

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

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

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.