The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

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.

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.