Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

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

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

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 Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

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...