All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

I willprepare and some day my chance will come.

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.

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.