Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

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.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.