To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

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.

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 sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.