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.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

You can't unscramble an egg.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Diseases are Tax on the pleasure.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Faith is continuation of reason.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.