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.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

They know enough who know how to learn.

The first duty of love is to listen.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.