Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

Golf is an expensive way of playing marbles.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.