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.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Ifanyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

The property of power is to protect.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.