Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

What isthe shortest word in the English language that contains the letters: abcdef? Answer: feedback. Don't forget that feedback isone of the essential elements of good communication.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

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.

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.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.