A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

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.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?