The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

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

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

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

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

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.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.