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.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Nothing is a permanent except change.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Everytime we read, a seed is sown for the future.

The hardest thing to disguise is you feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.