The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

If an enemyis annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

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...

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

A danger forseen is half avoided.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.