Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

The numberone goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintain theirself-esteem.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

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.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.