The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

Outside noisy, inside empty.

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.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

Stability is not immobility

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.