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.

Assumptionof cooperative goals leads to viewing the conflict as a common problem to besolved for mutual benefit.

It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

What is well done is done soon enough.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.