Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

The property of power is to protect.

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

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.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.