Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

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.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

Power comes from sincere service

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them