A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.