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 youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

The first duty of love is to listen.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.