Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

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.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

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

He whoangers you, conquers you.

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

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.