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.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

To everyanswer you can find a new question.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.