Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

As long as there is life there is danger.

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.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

No matter how good the idea of the other fellow may be, there is always a better one !

So longas a man is angry he cannot be in the right.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

A danger forseen is half avoided.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.