Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

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.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.