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.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

The basic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

People say law but they mean wealth.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.