To exaggrerate is to weaken.

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.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

There is a sweet joy that comes to us after sorrow.

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

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

A woman has reached reaal women's-lib status when she is the one who forgers the wedding Aniversary

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.