Patience is the art of hoping.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.

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.

Genius is a long impatience.

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

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.

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

Alexander's last wrds: Bury my body, dont build any monument. Kip my hand outside,so dat d wrld knws,who won th wrld had noting in hand wen dyin.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.