The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

Pleasant words are the food of love.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

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.

In art, as in love, instinct is enogh.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

It'snot hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.