Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

Wenever have the time to do it right but always have time to do it over.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...

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's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Laughter is shortest distance between two people.