Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

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.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

Laughter is shortest distance between two people.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour