The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

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.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.