Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

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.

He understands badly who listens badly.

To teach isto learn twice.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.