Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

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.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.