The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

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

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.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

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.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.