Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

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.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.