There is no knowledge that is not power.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

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.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

A language is like living skin itself.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.