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.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

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.

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

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.