Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

The weaknesses of many make leader possible.

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.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

True miracle are created by men when they use the courage and intelligence God has given him