There is no knowledge that is not power.

Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.

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.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

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

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.