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.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

Thereare two sides to every question.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

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.

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.