Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

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

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

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.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.

When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.