The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Inbusiness, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

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.

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

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.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.