I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Laughter is shortest distance between two people.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

The property of power is to protect.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

He whois unable to dance says the yard is stony.

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.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.