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.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

Some People strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.