The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. -Will Rogers

The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.