Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

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.

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

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

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

Nevercut what you can untie.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.