Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

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.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.