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.

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.