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 most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

Could agreater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’seyes for an instant?

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Nevercut what you can untie.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.