You grow up the day you have first real laugh - at yourself

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

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.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.