It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Example is better than following it.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

The property of power is to protect.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.