Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.

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

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

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.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.