You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

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.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.