The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-voilent structure of society.

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.