As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

Pleasant words are the food of love.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

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.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.