Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

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.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

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

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.