Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

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?'