Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

A person who talks about his Inferiors han't any.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

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.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'