Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

The Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.

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.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.

A room without books is a body without soul

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

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.