Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

Outside noisy, inside empty.

Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

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

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

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.