The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

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

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.