Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

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.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour

Themost important trip you may take in life is meeting people half way.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.