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.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

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

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.