You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

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.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

The property of power is to protect.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.