Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

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.

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.