Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

People say law but they mean wealth.

The greatest prayer is patience.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

The World is but, a school of inquiry.