Successis blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it ... Success is shy itwon't come out while you're watching.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

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.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Don't let life discourage your, everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.