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.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.