The weaknesses of many make leader possible.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Example is better than following it.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

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.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.