The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

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 ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Fortunatelypsychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfstill remains a very effective therapist.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

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

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.