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.

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

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

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.