What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

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.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.