One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

Discord gives a relish to concord.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

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 happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...

The hardest thing to disguise is you feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.

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

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.