A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

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.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

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

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.