A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

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.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

Necessity truns lion into fox.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.