You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Compromise,n. 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.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

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

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

It'snot hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.