There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.

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.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Action may not always bring Happiness, but there is no happiness without Action.

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.