In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

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.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

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