Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

If you follow me, I may lead you straight to hell, but ifyou trust me, I will lead you back out again.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

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.

Aproblem is a chance for you to do your best.

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.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.