If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

Words should be scattered like seeds, no matter how small the seed may be, its it has one found favourable ground, it unfolds its strength.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

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.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

You can't unscramble an egg.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

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

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Timinghas a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.