It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.

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.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Themost important trip you may take in life is meeting people half way.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.