Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

Repentance is the attempt of the inner man to return home after wonderful night out

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

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 isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

Silenceis argument carried out by other means.