Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.