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.

The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

To beprepared is half the victory.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.