True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

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

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

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