Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Originality is the art of Concealing your Source.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

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.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

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

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

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

Constant repetition carries conviction.