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.

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

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

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.