Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

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.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

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.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.