We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

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.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.