Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

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

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

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...

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.