I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

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

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

The greatest prayer is patience.

You can't unscramble an egg.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.