Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

Most people suspended their judgement till somebody else has expressed his own and then they respect it.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

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.

True miracle are created by men when they use the courage and intelligence God has given him

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.