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.

Habit: the shackles of the free

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Nothing is a permanent except change.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

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

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

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

A person who talks about his Inferiors han't any.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.