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.

No matter how good the idea of the other fellow may be, there is always a better one !

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.