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.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

God has created the world in play.

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

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It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.