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

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

Voilence is a Just when kindness is vain

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.