If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

When u were born, u were crying and everyone round u was smiling.. Live ur life so that when u die, u're the one who is smiling and everyone round u is crying..

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

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