A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

Past time is only eviil at a distance.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

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

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.