To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.