By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

He whois unable to dance says the yard is stony.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

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.