Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.

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.

Neversay more than is necessary.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.