Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

He whohurries cannot walk with dignity.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

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