All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

Action may not always bring Happiness, but there is no happiness without Action.

Our errors are steps on the way.

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

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

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