As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

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.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Fortunatelypsychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfstill remains a very effective therapist.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.