A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

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.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

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...

Instinct is the nose of the mind.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Everything has it's beauty, but not every one sees it.