Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Man wonders over the restless Sea........ the flowing waters...... the sight of the sky....... and forgets that as all wonders, man him self is the mast wonderful.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal