Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

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...

Do notfind fault, find a remedy.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

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.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.