People loan their trust, they don't give 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.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

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

When a man meets his mates society begins.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

They know enough who know how to learn.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

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.