In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

Our errors are steps on the way.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

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.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.