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

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

People say law but they mean wealth.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.