Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Renown and repose do not go together.

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

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.