Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

A Leader is a dealer in hope.

The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does'nt begin.