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.

Toevery answer you can find a new question.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it