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.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

Don't be took quick to belive anything you read.

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

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

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.