Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

My Strength is made perfect in weakness

Silenceis the mother of truth.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

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.

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.