To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.