Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

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.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

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

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.