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.

People say law but they mean wealth.

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

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.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.