Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

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.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?