To exaggrerate is to weaken.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

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

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

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.