Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

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.

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

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.