A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Genius is a long impatience.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.