Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

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.

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

The basic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.