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.

Thebasic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

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

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.