He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

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

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

To err is human; to forgive is divine pathway

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.