Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

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 larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.