To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

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.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.