Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

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

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.