To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

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.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

Themost prepared are the most dedicated.