Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

When the eyes says one thing, and the tounge another, a practised man relise on the language of first.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.