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.

A language is like living skin itself.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

Discord gives a relish to concord.

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

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...

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.