Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

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.

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

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.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.