To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

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

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

Prayrer changes things by changing people.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

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