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.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

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

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-voilent structure of society.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to