Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

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.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.