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

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

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

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

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

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.