A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Ittakes time to save time.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

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 one lies as much as the indignant do.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.