Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does'nt begin.

Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Buying ischeaper than asking.

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

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.