The exercise of

The exercise of
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.
  

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People loan their trust, they don't give it.
Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.
Suspicion begets suspicion.
It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.
Dig a well before you are thirsty.
Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.
In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.
Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.
Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.
Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.
Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.
All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags