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.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Necessity truns lion into fox.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

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

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.