Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.