If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

If you follow me, I may lead you straight to hell, but ifyou trust me, I will lead you back out again.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

Throughconflict we get to unity.

Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

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.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

Outside noisy, inside empty.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.