Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

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.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.