Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Takecare, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you willforever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make adifference, if you choose to do so.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

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.

The comforter's head never aches.

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

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

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