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.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

What is well done is done soon enough.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.