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.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Pleasant words are the food of love.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

Assumptionof cooperative goals leads to viewing the conflict as a common problem to besolved for mutual benefit.

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.