The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

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.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Liberation is not deliverance.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.