Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

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.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

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.

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.