A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

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.

They mayforget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-voilent structure of society.

Personal appearance is looking the best you can for the money.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.